Hymn Blessed Are The Pure In Heart (Blue) p What Are You Sitting In? Hymn Jesus Is Lord Of All (Burgandy) p. 599

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1 September 9, 2018 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Watchwords for the Week I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. Psalm 146:2 Welcome to our service of worship for this sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - the season of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit was sent by the Risen Lord, Jesus Christ, to supply the church with everything needed to serve Him faithfully until the day of His return. As we worship today, let us pray for a fresh outpouring of the Spirit upon ourselves, our church, our community, nation and world. May more and more people everywhere hear and respond to the Good News - that Jesus is the Way; the Truth; the Life; the only source of salvation. If you are visiting with us today we are especially glad you re here. Please take a moment to add your name, address and phone number to the Friendship Register as it passed down the pew. We consider you an honored guest and hope that you will return and worship with us in the weeks to come. If you are looking for a church home we would love to talk to you about joining the Friedberg church family. Please silence all cell phones before worship. Prelude The Power of Your Love Arr. Holstein Welcome and Announcements Hymn To Your Temple Lord I Come (Blue) p. 553 Right Hand of Fellowship Children s Sermon (Children ages 4-2 nd grade may go to Children s Church) Joys and Concerns Pastoral Prayer Giving of Our Tithes and Offering Prayer Offertory Standing on the Promises / Higher Ground McDonald Doxology Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Blue) p. 817 Holy Scripture Joshua 24:15-27 Revelation 3:44-22 Hymn Blessed Are The Pure In Heart (Blue) p. 584 Sermon What Are You Sitting In? Hymn Jesus Is Lord Of All (Burgandy) p. 599 Benediction Postlude O How I Love Jesus Whitfield The flowers in the sanctuary today are given to the glory of God and in memory of Ruth Jackson s birthday. They are given by her children Debbie James and Gary Jackson. The family of Sue Carter would like to thank all of those who showed kindness and support to us during her last days. For the prayers, visits, cards, and food, we are especially grateful. The love, encouragement, and guidance of Pastor Jim and Pastor Dan went above and beyond. And the Band added a beautiful touch to the graveside service. How blessed we have been by our brothers and sisters in Christ! Are you interested in an in-depth Bible study and fellowship with a group of fellow believers? We are considering beginning another season of our Monday night Bible study but want to see if there is an interest. If you would like to participate please contact Jennifer Boles, jenniferjaneboles@gmail.com or Plan now to join us for Back to Church Sunday on September 16. Once again Friedberg will be participating with other churches throughout our nation for National Back to Church Sunday. Please consider who you can invite: neighbors, friends, co-workers and family members. Our theme this year is You Belong Here. Cub Scout Pack 703 would like to invite boys in Kindergarten through Fifth Grade to come out and see what Cub Scouting is all about! We will be holding an information meeting and ice cream social here at the church on Monday, September 10th at 7:00 pm in the Family Life Center. If you've ever wanted to learn more about Cub Scouts and would like to get your son involved please join us. For more information, please contact our Cubmaster Marty Hubbard at hubb1972@gmail.com. Please place all hymnals in the pew racks before you leave. Thank you.

2 Sunday, September 9 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship/Children s Lovefeast 5:00 p.m. Youth 5:00 p.m. C.R.O.S.S. Kids Monday, September 10 4:00 p.m. Prayers and Squares 7:00 p.m. Elders Meeting 7:00 p.m. Trustees Meeting 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts/Girl Scouts 7:00 p.m. CE Board Meeting Tuesday, September 11 10:00 a.m. Circle 1 Conference Room 10:00 a.m. Circle 5 Parlor 6:00 p.m. Circle 3 Home of Travis and Evva Hanes 6:00 p.m. Circle 4 TBD 6:30 p.m. Circle 2 Parlor Wednesday, September 12 7:30 p.m. Senior Choir Rehearsal Thursday, September 13 9:00 a.m. Men s Bible Study Conference Room 9:30 a.m. Senior Friends leave for Daniel Boone Inn Friday, September 14 Saturday, September 15 12:30 p.m. Moravian Ministry Advent Moravian Sunday, September 16 (Back to Church Sunday) 9:15 a.m. Band Prelude 9:25 a.m. Prayer Partners-Parlor 9:40 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship 5:00 p.m. Youth 5:00 p.m. C.R.O.S.S. Kids There s an app for that Now Friedberg has an app. It works on phones or tablets, Apple or Android. You receive push notifications; access the latest sermon, bulletin, news and announcements. You can also see the calendar, open the Bible, and give online. For detailed directions on downloading and installing the app, visit the website at and click the link under News and Announcements. Moravian Ministry Voyage Saturday, September 15, :30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Advent Moravian Church. Provincial agencies will gather in an information fair culminated by a full production of Irene: the Adventure Begins! This event will be for all ages as we trace our roots back to the beginnings of Moravian missions. The ministry fair will be from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The play will be at 2:00 p.m. John Leonard Dober and David Nitschman are names you may not readily recognize. Dober was a potter and David a carpenter. These were ordinary occupations for two extraordinary men whose adventure shaped the Moravian Church as it is today. In 1732, they left the security of their jobs and families and became the first Moravian missionaries. It was not an easy task but they answered the call to come and minister the gospel to us. Friedberg s Sean Tatman is playing the role of Count Zinzendorf in the production so please make plans to attend. Their purpose in life was to follow the Lamb who had given His life for them and for all the souls of the world. This year the Moravian Church Southern Province is celebrating this historic event by hosting a modern Moravian Ministry Voyage. Friedberg s Family Retreat Weekend at Laurel Ridge/Higgins Lodge is October 19 - October 21, The study for the weekend is Guardrails and features Pastor Andy Stanley. There is also Guardrails for Kids. The cost of the retreat is based on the size of your family and a $75 deposit is required at registration. Youth attending the weekend will stay in the Bishop Wing at Higgins Lodge and their deposit is $45. Registration will be held in the parlor every Sunday after worship until October 14 or until the rooms are sold out! All parents who have a child in children's church will be required to physically come down to the AV room on the first floor of the Family Life Center and sign their child out before they are released at the end of worship. Women and men are invited to join the Women s Fellowship for the chicken pie preparation workdays for the Fall Chicken Pie Country Ham Supper on Tuesday, October 2, Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6. We will begin each morning at 8:00 a.m. with a fellowship breakfast.

3 ATTENDANCE LAST SUNDAY Sunday School 170 Worship Service 286 GREETERS (09/09) (Reminder for 09/16) CHILDREN S CHURCH TODDLER NURSERY (09/09) (Reminder for 09/16) INFANT NURSERY (09/09) (Reminder for 09/16) SANCTUARY FLOWERS REMINDER (09/16) Ruth Myers & Kathy Thompson Steve & Kathy Inman Chris & Holly Durham Denise Sink Julie Morelli & Julie Williamson Ike & Jo Brann Tracie Bryson Open OFFERING UPDATE: Given to Budget 09/02/18 * , Given to Building Fund 09/02/ , Given to Mission Fund 09/02/ Total Given 09/02/ $ 19, *Average Amount Needed Weekly to Meet Budget: $ 17, Operational budget receipts (thru 07/31/18) $ 477,691 Operational budget expenses (thru 07/31/18) $ 488,072 Difference: $ (10,381) Beginning Balance of Mission Fund (01/01/18) $ 14, YTD-Receipts (thru 07/31/18) , YTD Expenditures (thru 07/31/18) , Ending Balance of Mission Fund (thru 07/31/18) $ 10, Giving Options We have a number of ways you can make financial contributions to the ministries of Friedberg. You can give during worship or you can give online through our website either a onetime gift or set up automatic recurring gifts at We also have a giving app that works for Apple, Blackberry and Android devices. Just search the app store on your device for simple give and download the app and follow the on screen directions. FRIEDBERG MORAVIAN CHURCH PRAYER CONCERNS September 9, 2018 Bernice Clinard Ruth Coulter Ed Davis Hal & Peggy Essick Jerry Evans Hazel Fishel Tim Fishel Hubert Foltz Keith Freitag Kathryn Hill MEMBERS Mark Kimel Bobby Miller Audrey Mize Gary Murphy Ann New Chuck Nienow Gail Ore Robert Ore Larry Payne Kolton Pennell Gloria Peters Martha Plyler Greg Sapp Becky Sizemore Louise Snyder Paulette Taylor Larry Tesh Cathie Tew Artie Walker Wayne Whitaker Family and Friends Prayer Concerns Submitted Since Last Sunday: Peggy Abernathy, Jim Feldick, Melanie Ferguson s Uncle s Family, Lonnie Hege, James Tilley, Call process for a Moravian Minister as Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministry Chaplain Clayton Johnson Cameron Martin MEMBERS AND RELATIVES IN MILITARY Timmy Raiford Daniel Randleman MISSIONARIES AND MINISTRIES RECEIVING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM FRIEDBERG Rev. Mohamed and Safiatu Braima - Sierra Leone Charlie & Vicki Brent CRU (Campus Crusade), Texas A & M University Michael and Brenda Brent CRU (Campus Crusade), Croatia George Goff, Alas de Socorro, Wings of Mercy Honduras Keith Graham - Cookies for Christ Dusty and Christin Harrison Intervarsity, Clemson University Hoof and Paw Therapeutic Riding and Activity Center Phil III & Eunice Raiford, Commission to Every Nation (CTEN) - Mexico Michael and Ceci Tesh, Ray of Hope Orphanage Kenya Friends of Moravian Prison Ministry Yokefellow - Prison Ministry Joey Yokely Fellowship of Christian Athletes

4 Friedberg Moravian Family Retreat Sponsored by the F.L.O.E. Team and Christina Education Board When: October 19th-21st Where: Laurel Ridge Camp and Conference Center Higgins Lodge Full schedule on back Time: Come join us for a weekend of fun, fellowship and bible study lead by Andy Stanley in Guardrails. Breakout groups and discussions will be held to further dig into God s plan and to better understand where we should utilize Guardrails in our daily lives. Registration for this event will end Sunday, September 16th. Please don t wait to make your plans for this great weekend!

5 Friedberg Moravian Family Retreat Itinerary Friday evening October 19 4:00-7:00 Families arrive and check-in 7:15-7:45 Praise and worship 7:45-9:00 Opening session 9:00 pm- Free time Saturday October 20 8:30 9:15 Breakfast 9:30 10:00 Praise and worship 10:00-12:00 Retreat session 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00 5:00 Free time Retreat free time activities Hay Ride Family Games Hiking Fishing Activities center 5:00 6:00 Afternoon session 6:00-7:00 Supper 7:00 8:00 Retreat session 8:30-9:00 Vespers/worship at lake (weather permitting) Time permitting-movie in Morningstar room??? Sunday October 21 8:30-9:15 Breakfast 9:30-10:45 Praise and Worship, closing retreat session, final message 10:45-11:00 Checkout

6 C.R.O.S.S. KIDS NEWS TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!!! Make sure to be in the Family Life Center tonight at 4:30! We will be kicking off our C.R.O.S.S. Kids and all families are invited to join us in great fellowship, dinner, praise and worship, devotions and even some fun games! You ll have a chance to hear about our revamped program and get to experience some of what your child will do during our time together. If you have an older child in middle or high school, do not worry!!! Mrs. Karen is ready to take them at 4:30. Just drop them off in the Youth Room first and then head to the Family Life Center! Below is a QR code that, when scanned, will set this event up in your calendar. You don t want to miss out on any of the fun so make sure to scan and save the date! We are very excited to start this new semester of CROSS Kids with our families at Friedberg. If you have any questions, please feel free to Heidi Everhart at heverhart@friedbergmoravian.org or call the church at

7 C.R.O.S.S. KIDS NEWS for next week!! Sunday, September 16th This week we will begin our activities during C.R.O.S.S. Kids. Our evening will begin at 4:30 in an amazing way with some praise and worship together! Dinner will be provided by one of our families in the Children s Center. After dinner we will have a devotion led by the Johnsons who will be talking about Christ and what that looks like within our C.R.O.S.S. Kids name. Once the devotions are finished we will get to work on the mission project for the evening-treating our college friends to a special note from us! Our night will end at 7:00 with a prayer circle where we hear praise reports and prayer requests from everyone and have a time of prayer together. There is so much fun and fellowship packed into our evening that you will not want to miss any of it!! Remember, if you have an older child in middle or high school, do not worry!!! Mrs. Karen is ready to take them at 4:30. Just drop them off in the Youth Room and bring your child to the Children s Center. Below is a QR code that, when scanned, will set this event up in your calendar. You don t want to miss out on any of the fun so make sure to scan and save the date!

8 Praise Night at Friedberg Sponsored by the F.L.O.E. Team When: Saturday September 22nd Where: Family Life Center Time: 6:30 pm We will begin the evening with a homemade ice cream social and contest so get those recipes ready! Then settle in for an evening of praise and worship. Donny Baldridge will help lead worship that evening so come meet him before our Family Church Retreat in October!